| Name
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Ethnicity
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Nickname(s)
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Comments
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| Sergei Mikhailov
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Russian
|
Mikhas
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The leader of the Solntsevskaya bratva
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| Semyon Mogilevich
|
Ashkenazi Jewish {Ukrainian Jewish)
|
Uncle Seva, the Brainy Don
|
Ukrainian mobster who is regarded as one of the most powerful gangsters from the former Soviet Union.
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| Vladimir Kumarin
|
Russian
|
|
Boss of the Tambov gang
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| Stanislav Todorov
|
Russian
|
Stan
|
Former leader of the Orekhovskaya gang and later member of the Solntsevskaya bratva.
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| Vyacheslav Ivankov
|
Russian
|
Yaponchik (the Japanese)
|
Notorious thief in law who later established a criminal organization in the USA.
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| Alexander O'Connor
|
Russian
|
Doktor Spatz (Doctor Sleep)
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Notorious leader of Doktor's Bratvakrov
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| Nikolai Manusharov
|
Russian
|
Don Nikolai
|
Former leader of the Russian mafia.
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| Alexander Solonik
|
Russian
|
Superkiller, the Kurgan Terminator, Sacha the Macedonian
|
Infamous hitman who committed several high-profile murders.
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| Roman Tsepov
|
Russian
|
|
St Petersburg based businessman, suspected of using his security firms to run protection rackets.
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| Stas Valigura
|
Russian-Ukrainian
|
"That Guy"
|
Former mid-ranking member of the Crimean Salem gang, now a self made politician from criminal activity and government corruption deals background.
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| Vitali Dyomochka
|
Ukrainian-Russian
|
Bondar
|
Russian Far East based thief in law turned TV director, actor, producer and writer.
|
| Maxim Lazovsky
|
Russian
|
Max
|
FSB agent turned gang leader, accused of being involved in the Russian apartment bombings
|
| Marat Balagula
|
Ashkenazi Jewish (Ukrainian Jewish)
|
|
Was a powerful Ukrainian gangster in the USA.
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| Evsei Agron
|
Ashkenazi Jewish (Russian Jewish)
|
|
One of the first Russian gangsters to establish a powerful gang in the USA, thief in law.
|
| Ludwig Fainberg
|
Ashkenazi Jewish (Ukrainian Jewish)
|
Tarzan
|
Ukrainian-Israeli drugs, arms and sex trafficker.
|
| Boris Nayfeld
|
Ashkenazi Jewish (Belarusian Jewish)
|
Biba
|
Belarusian mobster who was involved in organized crime in America as well as Europe.
|
| Rachmiel Brandwain
|
Ashkenazi Jewish (Ukrainian-German Jewish)
|
|
Ukrainian mobster who was based in Antwerp.[1]
|
| Meelis Lao
|
Estonian
|
|
Former leader of Estonian Mafia and a successful businessman.
|
| Nikolai Tarankov
|
Estonian
|
Kolja, Quiet Godfather
|
Former leader of Estonian underworld.
|
| Vladimir Reznikov
|
Russian
|
|
Member of the Russian mafia in the USA.
|
| Toomas Erm Wilson
|
Estonian
|
Konksu-Tom
|
Leader of Estonian Kemerovo crime syndicate.
|
| Vladislav Leontyev
|
Russian
|
Belobryssy
|
Russian mobster and alleged member of the Brothers' Circle.
|
| Toomas Helin
|
Estonian
|
|
Estonian drug lord
|
| Imre Arakas
|
Estonian
|
The Butcher
|
Estonian hitman and career criminal.
|
| Movladi Atlangeriyev
|
Chechen
|
Lord Lenin
|
Member of the Chechen mafia.
|
| Khozh-Ahmed Noukhayev
|
Chechen
|
|
Former leader of the Chechen mafia.
|
| Ruslan Labazanov
|
Chechen
|
|
Former boss of the Chechen mafia.
|
| Nikolay Suleimanov
|
Chechen
|
Hoza
|
Prominent former member of the Chechen mafia.
|
| Akhat Bragin
|
Tatar
|
Alik the Greek
|
Donetsk-based crime lord and former owner of FC Shakhtar Donetsk
|
| Haidar Zakirov
|
Tatar
|
|
Former leader of the Kazan mafia in Moscow.[2]
|
| Sergey Tsapok [ru]
|
Russian
|
|
Krasnodar-based gang leader, responsible for the Kushchevskaya massacre[3]
|
| Tarmo Sinivee
|
Estonian
|
Mussolini
|
Estonian drug lord.
|
| Tariel Oniani
|
Georgian
|
Taro
|
Georgian crime boss, thief in law.
|
| Jaba Ioseliani
|
Georgian
|
|
Former thief-in-law and leader of the Mkhedrioni militia
|
| Merab Bakhia
|
Georgian
|
Bakha-Bakha
|
Powerful Georgian crime lord in Abkhazia.[4]
|
| Otari Kvantrishvili
|
Georgian
|
Otarik
|
Moscow-based thief in law
|
| Lasha Shushanashvili [ru]
|
Georgian
|
Lasha Rustavsky
|
Prominent thief in law.[5]
|
| Boris Dekanidze
|
Georgian Jewish
|
|
Leader of Lithuanian organised crime group. Last person to be executed in that country (1995).
|
| Armen Kazarian
|
Armenian
|
Pzo
|
Armenian thief in law in the USA involved in drug trafficking, extortion,etc...but most famous for the 2010 Medicaid fraud[6]
|
| Kamo Safaryan
|
Armenian
|
|
Crime boss in Moscow.[7]
|
| Edward Margaryan
|
Armenian
|
|
Armenian gangster.[8]
|
| Dadash Ibrahimov
|
Azerbaijani
|
|
Powerful gangster of Azerbaijani descent.[9]
|
| Rovshan Janiev
|
Azerbaijani
|
Rovshan Lankaransky
|
Prominent Azerbaijani mobster.[10]
|
| Aslan Usoyan
|
Yazidi Kurdish
|
Grandpa Hassan
|
Powerful thief in law in Moscow.
|
| Zakhar Kalashov
|
Yazidi
|
Shagro Junior
|
Powerful Georgian thief in law
|
| Kamchy Kolbayev
|
Kyrgyz
|
Kolya-Kyrgyz
|
Kyrgyz thief in law and alleged member of the Brothers' Circle
|
| Ryspek Akmatbayev
|
Kyrgyz
|
|
Kyrgyz mobster who was killed in a drive-by shooting.[11]
|
| Bayaman Erkinbayev
|
Kyrgyz
|
|
Kyrgyz crime boss turned politician after 2005 coup, killed later that year.
|
| Gafur Rakhimov
|
Uzbek
|
|
Alleged Uzbek organized crime figure and member of the Brothers' Circle.
|
| Salim Abduvaliyev
|
Uzbek
|
|
Alleged Uzbek crime lord.[12]
|
| Alimzhan Tokhtakhunov
|
Uyghur
|
Taivanchik (the Taiwanese)
|
Alleged thief in law
|
| Aslan Malsagov
|
Ingush
|
|
Leader of an Ingush criminal clan.[13]
|
| Alikhan Tochiev
|
Ingush
|
|
Leader of the Ingush 'Malgobek' mafia in Moscow.[14]
|
| Ruslan Agargimov
|
Lezgian
|
|
Leader of the Dagestani mafia in Sint-Petersburg.[15]
|
| Gazim Luguev
|
Lezgian
|
|
Leader of a Dagestani criminal gang in Moscow.[16]
|
| Mohammed Gadzhihanov
|
Avar
|
|
Leader of a Dagestani criminal gang in Moscow.[16]
|
| Nurullah Alumerzaev
|
Avar
|
|
Leader of the Dagestani Novgorod clan.[15]
|
| Leonid Minin
|
Ukrainian
|
|
International arms dealer
|
| Viktor Bout
|
Russian
|
The Merchant of Death
|
International arms dealer
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